Funding Rounds


Finance

RETRACTION: YZi Labs, Animoca, Gate Did Not Take Part in Standard Money Fundraising Round

A company release said Standard Money raised $8 million and named YZi Labs, Animoca, Gate and Crypto.com as participating, claims that three of the four companies denied.

Scattered pile of $1 bills (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Web3 Funding Hit $9.6B in Q2 Despite Fewer Deals

Venture capital is consolidating into larger, higher-conviction bets, with infrastructure projects leading the way, according to Outlier Ventures

16:9 Market growth, surge, rally(Mediamodifier/Pixabay)

Finance

Startup M0 Raises $40M Series B as VCs Pile Into Stablecoins: Report

M0, which has now raised almost $100 million in capital do far, declined to disclose its valuation in the funding round

Scattered pile of $1 bills (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)

Tech

Hemi Labs Raises $15M to Expand Bitcoin Programmability

The Jeff Garzik–backed network adds fresh funding as it pushes to merge Bitcoin’s security with Ethereum’s flexibility for DeFi applications.

Jeff Garzik, co-founder of Hemi Labs (TEDx)

Finance

Zodia Markets Raises $18.25M to Fuel International Expansion, Stablecoin Payments

The Series A funding round was led by Pharsalus Capital and included contributions from Circle Ventures, The Operating Group and XVC Tech

Headshot of Zodia Markets CEO Usman Ahmad

Tech

Cap Raises $11M for Stablecoin Engine as Industry Heats Up

A recent $8 million funding round will be used to develop Cap’s stablecoin engine, which is slated to launch later this year.

Stablecoin. (Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Zero Gravity Labs Raises $40M for Decentralized AI Operating System

The seed round included contributions from Hack VC, Delphi Digital, OKX Ventures, Polygon and Animoca Brands

Zero gravity (Pixabay)

Tech

Bitcoin Rollup Citrea Aims to Make BTC a Programmable Asset With ZK Proofs, Raises $14M Series A

The goal of allowing greater utility on the Bitcoin blockchain is one of almost existential importance, according to Citrea.

A photo of Citrea's four co-creators (Citrea)

Tech

Privacy Blockchain Project Nillion Raises $25M to Expand 'Blind Computing'

Nillion builds its service around the concept of "blind computing," the processing of data without having to reveal its contents

Nillion CEO Alex Page (Nillion)

Finance

Solv Raises $11M to Grow the $1.3B Bitcoin Staking Protocol

Solv Protocol's SolvBTC product has more than 20,000 BTC staked ($1.24 billion) deployed across 10 major blockchain networks

Staking (ivabalk/Pixabay)